Senior Data Engineer
Fabric Engineer - Fully Remote (UK) - Outside IR35
UK Security Clearance is essential.
A leading consultancy is looking to engage an accomplished Senior Consultant for a high‐impact data and analytics programme. This role suits a seasoned specialist in data engineering, Microsoft Fabric, and solution delivery, with the ability to design, build and refine technical solutions that elevate existing data products.
The successful consultant will play a key role as a subject matter expert, collaborating closely with senior project stakeholders and contributing to the delivery of a robust, scalable data platform.
Role Overview
This position focuses on architecting and engineering data solutions within a Microsoft Fabric environment. The consultant will be responsible for transforming ingested data, documenting business logic, and building insightful Power BI dashboards for management reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement technical solutions within the agreed Microsoft Fabric scope.
- Develop and enhance transformations for all ingested data sources.
- Document data logic, workflows, and transformation steps clearly and comprehensively.
- Build Power BI dashboards that surface meaningful insights for leadership teams.
- Offer specialist expertise in engineering and solution delivery.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience delivering data engineering solutions at senior or consultant level.
- Strong hands‐on knowledge of Microsoft Fabric components:
- Notebooks, Delta tables, Fabric SQL
- Lakehouse / OneLake concepts
- Deep experience writing PySpark in Fabric notebooks, including:
- Reading/writing Delta, schema evolution, partitioning, optimisation
- Solid understanding and implementation experience of SCD2 and other slowly changing dimension techniques.
- Proficiency in building production‐ready Power BI models and dashboards, with a solid grasp of Import vs DirectQuery approaches.
- Knowledge of ETL orchestration patterns, CI/CD pipelines (DevOps/Git), and development best practice.
- Strong problem‐solving ability, documentation skills, and clear stakeholder communication.
Nice-to-Have
- Experience working with IVU (transport scheduling) or iTrent (HR/Payroll) data.
- Familiarity with the wider Azure ecosystem: ADLS/Blob, Azure SQL DB, Managed Identity, Key Vault.
- Exposure to observability tooling, metric/logging strategies, or Terraform for automated infrastructure provisioning.
- Experience converting exploratory notebooks into production-grade jobs.
Interested?
If you're a confident and capable consultant who thrives in a technical, data‐driven environment, this is an excellent opportunity to contribute to a meaningful project with a forward‐thinking consultancy.
Apply now online.